Julia Barton

Editor, Life of the Law, NPR, Public Radio International

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Public Media Editor and Producer

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What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Following the trail of the television's "Dallas" from its origins in Hollywood to its influence on my hometown of Dallas and abroad.
When's the best time to pitch you?
before I wake up.

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Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar Deportation

jamestown.org — Each year on May 18, around 25,000-30,000 Crimean Tatars gather in Crimea's capital Simferopol to commemorate the 1944 deportation of their parents and grandparents from their historical homeland.
Sons at a party with a toy piano. Older 1 jammed out like Linus. Wanted but couldn't take a pic b/c other kid asleep on me. IT WAS CUTE THO.
Catatonic today, for sure. RT @brainpicker 3 subtypes of Motherhood Personality Disorder – which one are you? j.mp/16x30d3

The 3 Subtypes of Motherhood Personality...

tumblr.com — The 3 Subtypes of Motherhood Personality Disorder PARANOID TYPE: This type presents in cases where the expectant mother has seen the film Rosemary's Baby and clings to the hope that she will give birth to the demon child. (Note: Only diagnose MPD if the delivered baby does not present signs of being the offspring of Satan.)
@romanmars @FastCompany Not the same as when you're hovering beatifically on the screen.

Exposés of China’s Elite a Big Lure in Hong Kong

nytimes.com — HONG KONG - Visitors from mainland China climb the narrow stairs to a cramped room here filled with forbidden delights: shelves of scandal-packed exposés about their Communist Party masters. The People's Recreation Community bookstore and several others on Hong Kong's teeming shopping streets specialize in selling books and magazines banned by the Chinese government, mostly for their luridly damning accounts of party leaders, past and present.
RT @randomdijit: Another equally disturbing report on the Crimean Tatars. Genuine potential for a violent crisis. tinyurl.com/bfjxjm9

Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar Deportation

jamestown.org — Each year on May 18, around 25,000-30,000 Crimean Tatars gather in Crimea's capital Simferopol to commemorate the 1944 deportation of their parents and grandparents from their historical homeland.
Currently hiding out from J Witnesses prosyletizing my front stoop.
@Goodosphere Next week's challenge: find video of their sequel, "Keep On Hustlin"!
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